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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 372687" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>Doing your own hand loads is the way to go. I have reloaded all of my ammunition for the last 30 years. It costs me about 42¢ to hand load a .30-06, about 26¢ to do a .223. It took me a couple of months to finally find the right combination of case, powder, primer and bullet for my Rem 700 .30-06 but now with Sierra 150 gr hollow point boat tail bullets and 42.3 gr of IMR 3031 I can shoot a 3 round group at 100yds you can cover with a dime:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/30-06100ydgrp-2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/30-06100ydgrp-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Granted, my rifle has been accurized. It still has the stock barrel but I replaced the walnut stock with a B&C composite one, had a gunsmith glass the bed and float the barrel 0.020" and adjusted the trigger pull to just under 2 pounds (which makes a HUGE difference!) This group was shot with only the rifle resting on the bipod and my left hand in a fist, forming a steady base for the butt of the stock. I airbrushed the rifle with Duracoat paints, which really are not paint but an epoxy resin. Very tough stuff!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/woodlandRem700-1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/woodlandRem700-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 372687, member: 12827"] Doing your own hand loads is the way to go. I have reloaded all of my ammunition for the last 30 years. It costs me about 42¢ to hand load a .30-06, about 26¢ to do a .223. It took me a couple of months to finally find the right combination of case, powder, primer and bullet for my Rem 700 .30-06 but now with Sierra 150 gr hollow point boat tail bullets and 42.3 gr of IMR 3031 I can shoot a 3 round group at 100yds you can cover with a dime: [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/30-06100ydgrp-2.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/30-06100ydgrp-2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Granted, my rifle has been accurized. It still has the stock barrel but I replaced the walnut stock with a B&C composite one, had a gunsmith glass the bed and float the barrel 0.020" and adjusted the trigger pull to just under 2 pounds (which makes a HUGE difference!) This group was shot with only the rifle resting on the bipod and my left hand in a fist, forming a steady base for the butt of the stock. I airbrushed the rifle with Duracoat paints, which really are not paint but an epoxy resin. Very tough stuff! [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/woodlandRem700-1.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/woodlandRem700-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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